We have partnered up with PuSh Festival to present King
Arthur’s Night. In a tale of love, honour and war,
this production features a live band, a 20-person choir,
and most importantly, an inclusive case. The creators and
players in this drama, all professional, include people
whose life experience includes Down syndrome.

Through this partnership, we will be hosting a pre-show
reception and panel discussion themed: “How to Create
Inclusive Communities for People with Disabilities”
featuring two Presidents Group members before the
performance at
The Graduate Student Centre Penthouse
.

Join First Call for its annual fundraising gala, an
opportunity to celebrate child and youth advocacy as well
as to raise much-needed funds to ensure First Call can
continue to put BC’s children and youth first. You
can expect a delicious Indian buffet dinner, a silent
auction, and words from the featured guest, Grand Chief Ed
John of Tl’azt’en Nation, First Nations Summit
Political Executive and former North American
Representative to, and Chair of, the United Nations
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Tickets:
Call 604-412-0100, sign up online at the Burnaby BOT
website, or emailadmin@bbot.ca

If you are a business owner/manager with an employee base
between 10 – 100, and you are struggling to attract
and retain talent during BC’s labour shortage, please
join us for this special event.

The topics being discussed include:

· The successes you’ve seen in recruiting and
retaining talent.
· The challenges you face in recruiting and retaining
talent.
· Strategies to find, recruit and retain a diverse
workforce.
· Tips to creating conversations that lead to an
inclusive workplace

To ensure this dialogue is intimate, productive and
practical – there are only 20 spaces. Call
604-412-0100, sign up online at the Burnaby BOT website, or
email admin@bbot.ca

North Shore Schizophrenia is hosting free 12 week sessions
for families dealing with mental illness. Topics covered
include: symptoms of illnesses (bipolar, schizophrenia,
clinical depression, and anxiety), medications and
communication, problem solving, advice on working with the
system, and looking after yourself as a caregiver.

The course is taught by trained family members who
themselves have ill relatives and many years’
experience dealing with the system. It will be of
particular interest to families whose relatives have
recently been diagnosed.

For information and to register, reach out to Kathryn at
(604) 926-0856) or
click here
for course outline.

Discover the work of Aboriginal arts and artists at the
17th Annual Talking Stick Festival presented by Full Circle
First Nations Performance. Full Circle's upcoming Talking
Stick Festival takes place in venues throughout the city.
All areas of the performing arts are represented at the
Talking Stick Festival from theatre, dance, drumming, and
music to spoken word, and multimedia performance.

Vancity is proud to support the Talking Stick Festival and
celebrate Indigenous culture.

Tickets:
Due to a limited number of tickets available, Vancity
members will have access through in-branch and social media
contests.
Click here for more details
.

Hosted by The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s
Women’s Leadership Circle, Vancity is the presenting
sponsor of
this evening event
featuring a conversation with Michelle Obama.

We are proud to support The Greater Vancouver Board of
Trade’s Women’s Leadership Circle (WLC); an
inclusive program that promotes diversity in the leadership
of our local communities and organizations. Vancity has a
long history of addressing and supporting causes that
promote women in leadership and increasing access and
support for young women and children.

The Forum for Women's Entrepreneurs (FWE) designed Pitch
for the Purse to address a key concern facing women
entrepreneurs: access to capital. Three finalists will
pitch at the Gala before an audience of 600+ business
leaders and entrepreneurs. The Gala audience will select
the winner of the $25K prize for best pitch!

The impact this creates is enhancing women's
entrepreneurship in our trade region and providing capital
to individuals who may require access to grow a business.

This year we have purchased a table at this event. We have
supported some of these entrepreneurs through our
microfinance program in the past. This is a great
opportunity to enjoy and learn at an event focused on
women's entrepreneurship, network and learn more about this
impact area.

Join 100+ Developers for Vancouver's first Global Alliance
for Banking on Values (GABV) Hackathon to affect positive
change and ideas in the financial space.
The GABV Hackathon is Vancouver's first hackathon to tackle
technology problems for positive change putting "People
before Profit". Participants can build any app or
demonstrate any digital concept of their choice and will
compete for $5,000 in cash, products and prizes.

This signature event of Vancouver's Chinatown will feature
dragon and lion dances, cultural dance troupes, marching
bands, martial arts performances and much more. this is an
annual culture extravaganza not to be missed. Come see the
sights and hear the sounds of the festivities. Vancity
employees and volunteers will participate in this year's
parade. William Azaroff will be Vancity's official Fortune
God.

Join us to hear directly from
Climate Smart Businesses Inc
, a local social enterprise that helps businesses cut costs
by reducing carbon emissions associated with energy, fuel
and waste. Hear how businesses across Canada have
benefitted from reducing their carbon footprint and what
businesses can expect when they sign up for the Climate
Smart program.

Certified Organic Associations of BC Conference (COABC)
Annual conference. The theme this year, inspired by
unpredicted weather and a need to adapt as food producers
to these meteorological events is, "Bioregionalism:
Creating Resilience in a Changing Climate." #COABC2018

Join organic farmers, processors, distributors and
community leaders to learn more about our growing organic
sector in BC. Keynote speakers are: Dawn Morrison is the
Founder, Chair and Coordinator of the B.C. Food Systems
Networking Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Kent
Mullinix, Director at the Institute for Sustainable Food
Systems at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

As part of SFU Public Square’s 2018 Community Summit,
Brave New Work, Vancity is proud to be
presenting partner
of the keynote event The New World of Work: Thriving or
Surviving?

CBC's Laura Lynch will moderate a conversation with Van
Jones and Anne-Marie Slaughter, two leading commentators on
the American economy, discussing the role that citizens,
governments and civil society can play in shaping the
future of work. They will explore the challenges ahead, as
well as how these challenges might be addressed through
green jobs, emergent industries, education and public
policy.

Click here
for a full list of topics being discussed as part of this 9
day summit.

Join us to hear directly from
Climate Smart Businesses Inc
, a local social enterprise that helps businesses cut costs
by reducing carbon emissions associated with energy, fuel
and waste. Hear how businesses across Canada have
benefitted from reducing their carbon footprint and what
businesses can expect when they sign up for the Climate
Smart program.

The event recognizes the hard work of Surrey’s
businesswomen and their contributions to Surrey. The 9th
Annual Surrey Women in Business Awards is featuring keynote
speaker the Right Honourable Kim Campbell who rose to
international fame as Canada’s first female Prime
Minister and one of the youngest Prime Ministers worldwide.
Since her time as leader, she has traveled to represent
Canada and strengthen democracy, security, and
women’s leadership around the world.

Business in Vancouver is once again recognizing BC's most
outstanding business women in private or public sector
companies. Honourees have risen through the ranks to become
senior executives or entrepreneurs. Through corporate board
placements they help influence and shape policy at some of
Canada's largest companies.

The University’s largest two-hour event is set to feature a variety of activities, talks from keynote speakers, a panel of women from diverse professions, a silent auction, appetizers, photos, and more.

Motivational, celebrational and informative event with a focus on female empowerment and embracing one’s potential.

Panelists will be speaking about their personal and professional journey of how they arrived to where they are today.